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The Best Episodes of The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead Season 1

Every episode of The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead Season 1!

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While detectives search for clues among the living, veteran Dauphin County, PA, coroner Graham Hetrick uncovers secrets of the dead. Each episode features a stylized re-enactment of a compelling homicide case taken directly from Hetrick's

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead Season 1 Episode 1 - Rigor Mortis
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #1 - Rigor Mortis

    S1:E1

    The premiere of the true-crime series details the case of a young mother who was beaten and shot to death. While investigators aren't lacking for suspects, the coroner sees signs that it was a crime of passion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead Season 1 Episode 2 - Call the Coroner
    7.3/10(12 votes)

    #2 - Call the Coroner

    S1:E2

    When a woman is killed in her backyard, investigators focus on her family. But Graham believes this is a special kind of assassin who kills for the thrill of it. The clock is ticking; will the murderer be caught before he strikes again?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead Season 1 Episode 3 - Trial by Fire
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Trial by Fire

    S1:E3

    When a young, married couple is discovered in the aftermath of a house fire, firefighters fear they arrived too late. Hetrick suspects that this fire is no accident—and while he may find the truth, will justice be served?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead Season 1 Episode 4 - Unburying the Truth
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #4 - Unburying the Truth

    S1:E4

    Hetrick is facing the biggest challenge of his career: finding a connection between decades-old missing person's cases and a slew of unidentified victims. If successful, he could stop a serial killer in his tracks.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead Season 1 Episode 5 - Skin Deep
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #5 - Skin Deep

    S1:E5

    When the smoke clears from a mysterious car fire, a charred body is discovered in the backseat. Hetrick identifies the victim and in piecing together the secrets of this man's life and death, reveals atrocities no one ever imagined.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead Season 1 Episode 6 - Clash of Wills
    7.8/10(10 votes)

    #6 - Clash of Wills

    S1:E6

    A woman is murdered while working the late shift at a motel. Signs point to a crime of passion, but Hetrick knows it isn't so simple. Still, no one imagines it will take 12 years to catch a killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead Season 1 Episode 7 - Washing of the Sins
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Washing of the Sins

    S1:E7

    In 2009, Hetrick is called to one of the strangest crime scenes of his career: a man has been stabbed to death, his body wrapped in garbage bags. But what is unearthed during the autopsy and murder investigation leads to an even more appalling conclusion.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead Season 1 Episode 8 - Traumatic Ending
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Traumatic Ending

    S1:E8

    A woman suffers a seemingly accidental fall down flight of stairs, and dies from a traumatic brain injury. But after the autopsy, Hetrick suspects there is more than meets the eye. Ten years and two more mysterious deaths later, the truth is finally revealed.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Rigor Mortis" is the best rated episode of "The Coroner: I Speak for the Dead" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/19/2016. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Call the Coroner".